Category: Election 2008

In his race of desperation for the Whitehouse as the sole remaining candidate for the Republican nomination Senator John McCain has often raised his voice in boring speeches (my friend, my friend, my friend ) and made much of his years of experience with foreign affairs and with government in Washington.

As Barack Obama zeroed in on the Democratic nomination for the Presidency McCain stepped up his attacks against the youthful Senator Obama stating that Barack Obama lacks proper experience for the tough demanding job of United States President.

Here are some direct quotes made by McCain over the past few years which should give you some idea as to how well McCain has benefited from his vast level of experience. His comments also expose the power of his reasoning and the quality of his information processing ability to make sound decisions that he would bring to the job on day one should he be elected President.

These are a few of Senator McCain’s responses to some of the key questions posed to him by reporters covering the “straight talk express” about the war in Iraq.

How would American troops be greeted?: “I believe… that the Iraqi people will greet us as liberators.” (March 20, 2003)

Did Saddam Hussein have a nuclear program that posed an imminent threat to the United States?: “Saddam Hussein is on a crash course to construct a nuclear weapon.” (October 10, 2002)

Will a war with Iraq be long or short?: “This conflict is… going to be relatively short.” (March 23, 2003)

How is the war going?: “I would argue that the next three to six months will be critical.” (September 10, 2003)

How is it going (almost two months later, from the war’s “greatest critic”)? “I think the initial phases of [the war] were so spectacularly successful that it took us all by surprise.” (October 31, 2003)

Is this war really necessary?: “Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.” (August 30, 2004)

How is it going? (Recurring question for the war’s “greatest critic”): “We will probably see significant progress in the next six months to a year.” (December 4, 2005)

Will the President’s “surge” of troops into Baghdad and surrounding areas that the senator had been calling for finally make the difference?: “We can know fairly well [whether the surge is working] in a few months.” (February 4, 2007)

Blah, blah, blah, and so forth. If this is what experience in foreign affairs would bring to the oval office let’s elect a man or women as President who has more judgement than experience. After all a person who learns nothing from his experiences is in the end only a fool. And highly experienced fools we have a plenty in Washington, D.C.

While Barack Obama is expected to move on and capture the Democratic Party’s Presidential nomination Hillary “Never Say Die” Clinton looks set to win big time in West Virginia.

The West Virginia profile of white, poorly educated, blue collar, lower class, dumbed down voters, seems to be made for the type of campaign Hillary has moved towards in recent weeks. I have my own thoughts about what this type of profile says about Hillary Clinton. Who could want as President a politician who has strong appeal to all of the yahoos who are stupid enough to believe Hillary’s empty promises? Except, of course for all of the yahoos who are happy that someone promises them something for nothing.

McCain may face new unwelcome competition in the general election race for the Presidency. Bob Barr, a former congressman from Georgia, has just announced his candidacy as a Libertarian Party candidate. While Barr is not expected to seriously challenge McCain or Obama he may divert from 1% to 2% of votes that would have gone to McCain to his own candidacy.

In a close election that would favor Obama.

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The Clinton campaign staff disorder, infighting, and frictions shows a lack of leadership ability by non other than the presidential candidate that the staff is expected to promote to victory, one Hillary Clinton.

Yes, I know it has been a long and difficult political campaign and that Hillary has been busy attending fundraisers and at making speeches. However, for the campaign staff to have disintegrated as described in The New Republic  article clearly shows a lack of leadership ability right from the top.

As an old New York saying goes “the fish stinks from the head”. The Clinton campaign will be a stinking mess if Hillary loses in Pennsylvania or even if she has a close victory. This is not a game of horseshoes and these days close doesn’t count much for Hillary Clinton.

The United States will have suffered eight years of poor leadership by the time George W. Bush leaves office. We can not afford at least four more years of poor leadership from someone who can not even properly manage a campaign staff, much less a government.

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